Teenage girl among the injured. Naxalites often plant IEDs on dirt tracks to target security personnel, who use such routes during operations inside forests.
After a series of fierce encounters in the national park area where security forces were conducting several intensive anti-Maoist operations, 2 high-ranking maoist leaders were killed.
Ghaath won the Best Director award at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival in 2023. Chhatrapal Ninawe said screening Ghaath for the surrendered Naxalites felt like completing the film’s journey.
After few rounds of productive negotiations, talks were called off by Maoists in January 2005 on grounds of continued operations by Andhra Pradesh’s Greyhounds force against the group.
Sudhakar’s death comes just a fortnight after security forces eliminated CPI (Maoist) chief Basavaraju. Earlier, top leaders Chalapathi and Prayag Manjhi were also killed.
During my deputation with the CRPF in 2010, I witnessed firsthand India’s prolonged conflict with Left-Wing Extremists under Operation Green Hunt. The tide has definitively turned now.
Superintendent Kiran G Chavan said that the surrendered militants would receive full support and rehabilitation benefits under the government's surrender policy.
From Ghaath and Bastar: A Naxal Story to Newton and Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa, Indian filmmakers keep coming back to Naxal themes. Who’s the hero or villain depends on who’s telling the story and when.
Op Indra Tular actually began around 15 Sept, when Dantewada police got inputs about 2 top Maoist commanders hiding in Abujhmad forest. A quick, meticulously planned onslaught followed.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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